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Injecting faults with xk6-disruptor
xk6-disruptor API
ServiceDisruptor
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ServiceDisruptor
The ServiceDisruptor class can inject different types of faults into the pods that back a Kubernetes service.
To construct a ServiceDisruptor, use the
ServiceDisruptor() constructor.
Methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| ServiceDisruptor.injectGrpcFaults() | Inject gRPC faults in the target Pods |
| ServiceDisruptor.injectHTTPFaults() | Inject HTTP faults in the target Pods |
| ServiceDisruptor.targets() | Returns the list of target Pods of the ServiceDisruptor |
| ServiceDisruptor.terminatePods() | executes a Pod Termination fault in the target Pods |
Example
The following example:
- Creates a disruptor for the
nginxservice - Injects a delay of 100ms and a 10 percent of requests that return an http response code
500.
JavaScript
import { ServiceDisruptor } from 'k6/x/disruptor';
const fault = {
averageDelay: '100ms',
errorRate: 0.1,
errorCode: 500,
};
export default function () {
const disruptor = new ServiceDisruptor('nginx', 'default');
disruptor.injectHTTPFaults(fault, '30s');
}Note
You can test this script by creating first a pod running nginx and exposing it as a service with the commands below, assuming you have kubectl installed in your environment:
Bash> kubectl run nginx --image=nginx > kubectl expose pod nginx --port 80You can also use the xk6-kubernetes extension for creating these resources from your test script.
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